[alistairSH]

Sure, but that time was nearly 30 years ago. Linux has been "mainstream" since at least August 1999.

[arp242]

Why August 1999? Seems quite specific?

[alistairSH]

RedHat's IPO. Seemed like as good a date as any to anchor "when Linux went mainstream". I'm sure there are other dates that are arguably at least as good here.

[arp242]

Ah right, that roughly tracks. Just wasn't obvious where "August 1999" came from.

Kind of amazing timeline in hindsight by the way; Linux was "only" 8 years old at that point.

[ctde]

people like me contributed their freetime afterwards still

[BeetleB]

People still do. I think the point he's making is that the bulk of the kernel's source coming from people paid to do it has been a thing for probably over 20 years.

[nomel]

Any data for this?

[betaby]

Yes, here for example https://lwn.net/Articles/915435/

[nomel]

Appreciate it! I tried, but couldn't come up with the right search term.

So, total being between around 60%!